The Concept of Belief in Islamic Theology: A Semantic Analysis of Iman and IslamBelief was historically the first and the most important of all the theological concepts in Islam, and it raised in the first few centuries of Islamic culture a number of problems of real significance. Some of them were literally problems of life and death to the growing Muslim community, as they are still today. By methodically analyzing these problems and the major concepts underlying them, this study throws light upon one of the most interesting

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each chapter offers a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to its topic

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